8th grade Math Guide

Canyons School District Instructional Supports Department Standards (CCSS) (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010) emphasize close reading of complex text in the disciplines to build a foundation for college and career readiness. Adapted from Shanahan, shanahanonliteracy.com

Disciplinary Literacy in Math

Disciplinary literacy is important because each discipline represents different cultures that:

● have different purposes and approaches to knowledge ● use different methods to gain information ● depend on different kinds of evidence ● write different kinds of text ● read with those differences in mind

Look for patterns and analyze information to help find the answers to a problem. Logical, accurate problem-solving and reasoning lead to true answers. Analysis of proofs, solutions, explanations, graphs, data and contextual situations to find the answer to mathematical questions.

Purpose

Belief

Methods

Is the student thinking accurate and logical?

Evidence

Proofs (of hypotheses), solutions to problems, explanations of mathematical processes; contextual situations Every word, symbol and graph should be read carefully, and texts should be reread. Need to look for patterns and errors.

Texts

Approach to Reading